How to Create / Design a Feature Wall in your home DIY

So this is the finished Feature Wall in this pic below.. To find out more how its done read on. 

" That wall is bugging me " I could hear in my ear as I sat down to our dinner table in the dining room one night.. 

Ye me too I said to my hubby as I pulled in my chair.. What wall is not bugging you in this house " Helen " 

As soon as I heared " Helen " I burst out laughing.. See my husband Baz has a nickname for me in this crazy house. " Helen " ye got to love helen I said to Baz.. That you do gurl, that you do...

A Bit of background on " Helen " 

Helen is so house proud she sleeps with her yellow gloves and apron on.. He nicknamed me " Helen " as she goes round the house with her diamond shaped hoover and duster, you wont find a spec of dust in this house with Helen around, she is a DIY lady who will do any do it yourself job in the house as she would not dare pay someone to come in and do a job she can do.. 

So we will get back to how we created this new Feature Wall in our dining room.. 

Here is a short video of this Feature Wall we created on my youtube channel, also on my youtube channel I  post videos of How To / DIY, if you want to check out my youtube channel you can do so by clicking here 

IrishDannyboys Youtbe Channel 

We both began to enjoy our meal and glass of Pinot Grigio  and chatting away about how we can change the look of this wall and as you can imagine, we have lived her coming up to our 10th year in our beautiful home in Co Meath and we have literally went through every colour you can think of with paint and wallpaper designs at that.. 

Baz comes up with the idea of creating this dado rail design which will infact break up the wall in different sections but also giving it a very stylist overall feeling of grandness " if that's a word " it is now says you.. 

So here is what the wall looked liked before we did anything to it. It is a large wall but we never really could fill the wall with anything. 

So the first thing I done with this wall was to strip the wallpaper and make sure I filled in any cracks or holes that might be there from applying paint and wallpaper on it through the years of decorating.. 

After all that prep work is finished ie, sanding and smoothed out.. Next step is to measure out where you want your dado rail to go and work out how big you want your design, 

We decided to go with three separate pieces, Two verticle pieces on each side.. Here are a few pictures of the design  being attatched to the wall..

For the middle piece  we went with a rectangle design, you can see how this piece was attached to the wall with these pictures,

In the below pictures, you can see that when you have all your design up on the wall you can go ahead and fill in the spaces between your dado rail and wall and then begin to undercoat and top coat your dado rail..

So now you can see all the dado rail is attached to the wall and painted..  We positioned some furniture against the wall to get a taste for the finished look..

. Your next step then would be to apply  your wallpaper you choose to the inners of your design like the pictures below..  When you are placing your wallpaper do make sure that your design on the wallpaper will an even line across the Featured Wall.. You will see what I mean in pictures below.

Just like this picture. As you can see the design on the wallpaper on the right is lower than the design on the far right. Pattern is lower, I done this just to show you how easy a mistake this can be..

I went ahead and replaced it and brought the design of the wallpaper to and even level.

Also the measurements we used where a little bit bigger than the normal size of the wallpaper, so we have to cut small edges and place them side by side to match the design..

And so the fun part begins, to decorate and furnish the room.. Love this part..

We also painted this Feature Wall in a Grey / Blue colour just to show you ..

So at last we can now finally say that this will do us now for a couple of years until " Helen " turns around and says to her husband Baz " That wall is bugging me " :)

So hope this was helpful to you guys and would love to see if you decide to do your own Feature Wall... 

Irish Dannyboy 

Despiciable Me " Minion Cake " Half Good / Half Evil

Can you believe how longs its been since my last post.. ah here leave it out will ye :)


So have decided to keep my blog up to date as god knows how long its been since my last confession.. Which was about a minute ago but who's counting, not me that's for sure..


Right, I best get on with it so and post away....

Check out this picture below of the animated film character

             " Despicable Me " Minion Cake " Half Good / Half Evil

You can also check out the video format of these pictures with this youtube video

Pretty cool character. This was another crazy cake creation from my better half Baz, Few more pics below.

I think its pretty cool for his first attempt at this kind of character .....

It you want to see more of his work and Cakes, you can check out his Facebook page By Clicking the link Here... BnDCakesandCreations



You will be amazed at some of his creations. I remember when he use to always say to me that he always wanted to be a chef but never could as another job came first more money and took it, so now in his later years he is starting to give some attention to his passion and that was to be a chef as he masters some amazing meals on the stove also :) and sure a way to a mans heart is through his belly, ye got that right, had me at the first meal....

So anyways lost myself ranting there, back to the beginning, first post in a long time but sure see how we go and ill TRY, now I said TRY, me best to keep it interesting for you mad bunch

..

Irish Dannyboy

Week 2 Of Quitting Smoking, Day 13 video blog

Can you believe I have made it to week two without smoking a single cigarette.. So Happy and proud of myself I have to say, i am finding myself with more and more energy as each day goes by, now don't get me wrong, some days I want to go to bed and stay there under the cover's for the day :(

Thanks for all your lovely comments of support for quitting the smokes and cigarettes, and just want to say well done to all who have shared your stories to me about how you are quitting also have stayed off the smokes.....

So here is my video of Day 13 and Week 2 and also a little gift I have recieved from my hubby when I got home from work today :):) Thanks for the little Cake xxx

Plus a pic of a cake my hubby gave me when I came in from work today aawwwwwwwwwwww

Thanks baby... Love You..

Irish DannyBoy

Mood Swings, Cold Turkey & Cravings

                                 Mood Swings, Cold Turkey & Cravings 

So here I am on my 12th day of quitting cigarette's. I feel great in myself and feel like I have a lot more energy and less stressed and I feel weird even writing this into my blog but I have to admit I am noticing the benefits of quitting those nasty cigarette's, well I am not jumping the gun too quick but still getting by day by day with my will power and mind set of getting myself away from that addiction of smoking and that's exactly what it is and ADDICTION to something that basically destroys your health and body and skin....

You are probably thinking that I am not out of the loop yet and why would I speak like this, simply because I have done a lot more research about cigarettes than I ever have in the past and only because I am getting that little bit older and and seeing myself in a different light meaning I don't want to leave this world just yet so why am I killing myself slowly and I know that is what I am doing... Lets face its a  " FACT "

What are the benefits of smoking, I can't even think of one, but I sure can think of a million reasons why I shouldn't smoke.... I am not going to start even typing them out Ill be here forever, I am sure you know what I mean.......

As I have been in a very bad mood for the past few day's I have not uploaded any of my videos up to my Quit Smoking Video Blog on my Youtube channel.... You can Click Here for my Youtube channel if you want to follow my update videos.... Check out my video for the last few days I have uploaded them all into the same video.....

Nearly at week 2...... Delighted with my progress and I say that to myself simply because I am giving myself some praise because I remember the last time I tried to give them up, I always put myself down saying that I could not do it and why was I even giving them up because I was always going to be a smoker..... this time its  different for me..........



Irish DannyBoy

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Reaching Week 1 Of Quitting Cigarettes

                            So I have made it to Week 1 of me trying to quit Smoking/Cigarettes

Well to be honest I've never thought I would even try to give up smokes right now and here I am saying I have reached Week 1, which is such a big achievement for me right now.. As I have said in my previous blog post, I have been smoking for over 20 years and now I'm hitting my first week of quitting.. I'm so proud of myself for getting here....

I have uploaded a video blog for myself to show you a day by day sort of cravings I go through wanting a cigarette at points in the day, but I m training my mind to say every time I get a craving I just say that its not worth it and Its time to change my way of thinking about how I see cigarettes...

I would smoke about a pack a day that's about 20 cigarettes and it would cost me about €60 to €70 per week, so, so far I have saved that money in my pocket by not smoking....

Now its not easy believe me but its not hard either, its not as hard as I thought it would be, but I'm getting there slowly but surely with the help of all my friends on line and hubby Barry, its great to have a bit of support but to be honest Its up to yourself at the end of the day weather you want to give them up....

Here is a video blog of week one... Big Thank you for everyone's comments of encouragement  :)

So there you have it, Finally got myself to Week 1 of No Smoking, so day by day and If I can do it so can you, Big Well done to everyone who has mailed saying how long they are off the Smokes, Hope fully I will get to say ill be off them in a month or ven six months but who knows, mind over matter :):)




Off  Now to Watch a movie





Irish Danny Boy



New Video being uploaded to my Youtube channel, you can check it out on the tab at the top of this page )

Day 6 Of Trying To Quit Smoking

So here I am nearing my first full week of having not smoked and I am very proud of myself for my attempt to quit this addiction of smoking cigarettes.

Day 6 and I am feeling so much better and full of energy and life. I was out walking my dogs today as I just needed to get out and get some fresh air into my new lungs. Got up early this morning fresh as a daisy and spring cleaned my house and washed my car in the mix, I just have to keep busy to take my mind off quitting the cigarettes, its working so far so good.....

                            Here is my Video Blog for Day 6 while I was out walking my dogs......

So as you have just seen in the video above, my conscience has followed me and caught back up asking me to give into smoking again, I really don't think so this time chickyboo.

                      ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
              ITS TIME TO QUIT SMOKING 


                                                        Week one starts tomorrow for me..

Day 5 Of Trying To Quit Smoking

                                   MY CONSCIENCE FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE


So I'm into my 5th day of still not smoking and have to say, its very tough for me but I know it will be worth in the end, but to be honest, there are days when I feel like having a sneeky cigarette with no one around but I know ill be just cheating myself if I do have that smoke on the sly..

So I just want to say to all who are trying to quit smoking and cutting out those cigarettes, I can so relate to how hard and tough it is, I have tried in the past to cut out smoking those nasty cigarettes and have gave them up for a long time before. The longest I was off the cigarettes was for over nine months about three years ago, but since I went back on them I went back to chain smoking, they are not only costing me a lot of money but are killing me slowly and its so tough to quit smoking when nearly everyone I know smokes around me....

But I am determined to quit smoking this time round, hopefully I get a lot of support of my family and friends and I would love nothing more if they quit with me so we can all do it together, but sometimes you have to do things alone and for the money I will save it will be going towards my wedding fund for my big special day, I am not getting any younger so I want to look my best on the big day in the near future :)

So here's a quick Video Blog of day 5 of my trying to quit the cigarettes... You can find all the Video blogs of each day in the tab above for my Daily Blogs or you can CLICK HERE to bring you to my Youtube channel for all my video blogs of quitting smoking, I would love your support through this or even share your story of you trying to give up smoking also...

Thanks for stopping by my blog for your support :)



                       Day 5.... My Conscience Follows me everywhere, check out my video below

Here is to a new Irish DannyBoy for the future and to having my health restore due to quitting those cigarettes out of my life, day by day is all I can do ......

DannyBoy